A birth doula focuses more specifically on pregnancy, preparing for birth, labour and birth, and immediate postpartum care.
A postpartum doula provides support to the newly formed family once the baby or babies have been born. Doulas can be hired to provide either one or both of these forms of care. The beauty of this type of care is that it can be entirely customized to suit the needs of those being supported.
(Information on this website has been drawn from DONA International's print and web resources)